Brite Box & Fog Light Jumper

[Silver_Ram]

I searched on the Brite Box & fog light jumper, but all info is about a year old.



Has anyone had problems with the Brite Box and/or the fog light jumper wire burned out headlight switches?



How about the Brite Box with higher wattage bulbs?



Thanks.



Troy

 

[Thomas]

On low beams, with fog lamps lit, the headlight switch has to deal with two 55 watt outboard low-beam filaments and two 37. 5 watt foglight filaments.



On high beams, with fog lamps lit (jumper installed), the headlight switch has to deal with two 65 watt outboard high-beam filaments and two 37. 5 watt foglight filaments. This is little more than the low-beam scenario.



The inboard high-beam filaments are grounded via the high-beam headlight relay in the Power Distribution Center of your model year 2002 Sport Ram - no extra load on the headlight switch.



The BriteBox lights the outboard low-beam filaments by providing a path to ground when the high beams are selected - no extra load on the headlight switch.



The only thing you've mentioned that would increase the load on the switch is the higher wattage bulbs.

 

[CRuth]

What you have to worry about is the light assembly is not designed to take the amount of heat generated with both filaments lit.